Glossy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glossy \Gloss"y\ (gl[o^]s"[y^]), a. [Compar. {Glossier}
     (gl[o^]s"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Glossiest}.] [See {Gloss}
     luster.]
     1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
        surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a
        glossy surface.


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     2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glossy
       adj 1: having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair";
              "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken
              eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick
              seals and otters" [syn: {satiny}, {sleek}, {silken}, {silky},
               {silklike}, {slick}]
       2: (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made
          smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers;
          "calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen" [syn: {calendered}]
       3: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
          horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the
          moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";
          "shining white enamel" [syn: {glistening}, {lustrous}, {sheeny},
           {shiny}, {shining}]
       [also: {glossiest}, {glossier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "glossy":
     Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, artificial, blowup, blueprint, bogus,
     buffed, burnished, contact printing, contrived, counterfeit,
     cyanotype, enlargement, false, feigned, finished, fraudulent,
     furbished, glace, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, hologram,
     imitation, insincere, lacquered, lantern slide, lustrous, matte,
     meretricious, microcopy, microprint, photocopy, photogravure,
     photostatic copy, polished, positive, pretended, print,
     projection printing, pseudo, put-on, rubbed, satiny, semi-matte,
     sheeny, shellacked, shined, shining, shiny, silken, silky,
     simulated, sleek, slick, slide, smarmy, smooth, specious,
     transparency, unreal, varnished, velvety, waxed